Device adapted to contain powder



S. S. BOOTY.

DEVICE ADAPTED T0 CONTAIN POWDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1. 1.919.

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Specification of Letters Patch Patented Mar 16, 1920.

Application filed December 1, 1919. Serial No. 341,330.

of gauze held in a frame, is arranged above the body of powder and in which a puff or the like device for use in applying the powder may be arranged in the space between the openwork surface and a closing means, the openwork surface being supported by means adapted to permit the openwork surface to approach the base of the powder container when pressure is applied to the said surface and to cause the openwork surface to move away from the base of the container when the pressure is removed and the space between the openwork surface and the closing means being preferably so proportioned that when the pull or other device employed in the distribution of the powder is inserted in this space the puff will be held firmly between the closing means and the openwork surface by the resilient supporting means associated with the latter.

According to the invention the container has flexible walls constituted, for instance, by the resilient supporting means when formed of rubber or the like, a sleeve of flexible material enveloping the coils of a metallic spring, or by a bag secured to the frame supporting the openwork surface.

In one construction in accordance with the invention, a spiral or other suitably formed spring may be interposed between the openworlr surface and the base of the container, the spring, if spiral, being of such diameter that at one end it bears on the periphery of the openwork surface which may be suitably reinforced where it contacts with the spring.

When the openwork surface is constituted by a suitable textile fabric or gauze this will be arranged in a frame adapted to bear on one end of the spring.

In another construction in accordance with the invention, a resilient rubber member as, for instance, an annulus with tubu lar walls, may be arranged to bear on the openwork surface nearits periphery and on thebase of the container.

In 1 a third construction a plurality of resilient members are interposed between the openwork surface and the baseof the con tainer, and these resilient members may, for instance, be formedin metal being, for example, helical, spiral or volute sprin s or leaf springs, or they may be formed 0 rubher.

The walls of the container may be formed of rubber of sufficient thickness to act as a resilient support for the openwork surface.

As desired, the powder containers ma be constructed so as to be conveniently re lled or not, and in the former case a removable plug or lid may be provided in the base of the container or other means may be provided to facilitate replenishing the supply of owder in the container.

n the construction in accordance with the invention the space adapted to accommodate the puff device may be constituted by a collar secured to the upper side of the powder container and a lid or closing device adapted to cooperate with the collar to secure the puff device in contact with the openwork surface.

It is preferred in the construction of devices in accordance with the invention to make the openwork surface of less area than the area of the front surface of the puff with which the device is employed, as it is found that not only does this difference in the area of the openwork surface and of the surface of the puff act in the direction of preventing undesired leakage of the powder through the openwork surface into the space between. said surface and the closing device, but in'addition it possesses the advantage that only a portion of the puff becomes impregnated with the powder, the remaining portion which is not so impregnated facilitating the even distribution of the powder ;-a point of particular importance when the device is employed with toilet powder,

Normally, the openwork surface will be so arranged that the center portion of the puff will be impregnated. Thus, when the openwork surface is formed from a gauze, the frame to which the gauze is secured, if suitably proportioned, will act not only as a bearing surface for the resilient members, but also in the direction of localizing the powder on the puff.

The invention is illustrated by way of ex- 1which: 5

ample in the accompanying drawings, in

Figure 1 is a View in section of one construction of receptacle for powder in accord ance with the invention; f

.Fig. 2 is a view thereof showing the lid removed and the puff pressed down.

In the drawings, 1 is theilid or closing means, 2 is the puff, 3 the perforated sur 7 lid being adapted to hold the j the perforated s urfac-e. 1

face,j4.-the frame thereof,'5 the spring which causes the openwork' surface to move away from thebase of the container, 6 a collar to which the flexible walled vmember 7 is seH- curedby the rin 8,-the flexible walled memher being provi ed with a rigid base 9, the

puff against Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a powder container, a rigid base, a rigid and apertured puff support, a flexible collapsible wall connected to the base and the support, a coiled sprin arranged in proximity to theinner sur ace of the wall and bearing against the base and the support for normally holding the wall extended, and a flanged cover removably engaged with the support and coacting with the sup ort to form a powder puff receiving chain or.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

STANLEY SEPTIMUS BOOTY. 

